Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press 3/31

  • 3/31/2015
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    ​​The Jerusalem Post believes that attempts by various Democratic representatives to halt the deterioration of Israel-US relations in the wake of “President Obama’s highly publicized reassessment of American relations with Israel,” which began last week, will not work, and contends that the differences between the Obama administration and Israel’s chosen government “are much more substantive. They might be brushed over, but no amount of Democratic pushback will make them go away.”
    Haaretz discusses the problem of the dozens of unrecognized villages in the Negev that are home to some 60,000 Bedouin, calling them “a Mark of Cain on a state that prides itself on its democratic nature and equal rights for all citizens,” and calls on the government to “reexamine the Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev, taking into consideration the historical rights of this population.” The editor asserts: “The Bedouin are not Israel's enemy,” and adds: “The racist, paternalist attitudes informing the recent proposals to regulate Bedouin settlement must be discarded.”
    Yediot Aharonot examines the uprising of the Houthis, a Shiite rebel group in Yemen, and notes that successes of the Saudi-led coalition in the conflict. The author declares that “If the Houthi efforts fail, it would also be a failure to Iranian imperialism. A Houthi withdrawal will motivate the Sunni side to push on with its fight against the Shiite threat in other parts of the Middle East.”
    Yisrael Hayom discusses the guilty verdict handed down yesterday to former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and states that “Olmert's corruption saga is one big pool of turpitude that tainted his entire conduct.” The author asserts: “The verdict is a victory for the rule of law. It is a victory for democracy's strength and for the natural Jewish inclination to have justice prevail and wrongdoing averted.” The author states that if the former prime minister is to return to the moral fold, he must undergo a paradigm shift, and “take stock and do some soul-searching,” and suggests that he then should enter into negotiations with prosecutors, a process which should “culminate with a grand plea bargain, one that considers his accomplishments and treats him fairly. His punishment should be proportional and let him lead a normal life once he pays back his debt to society.”
    Globes believes that Moshe Kahlon will be nominated as the next finance minister, and calls on him “to fulfill the promises he made to the electorate in recent months,” in other words to lower housing prices and introduce more competition into the banking system. The author asserts: “Kahlon will have to reach understandings with his partners as soon as possible, and hope that he will be left with something when he is finished,” and concludes: “In order to do that, he needs support from Netanyahu, but it is by no means sure that he will get it, judging by the preceding Minister of Finance's experience.”

    [Yaron Friedman, Dan Margalit and Avi Temkin wrote today's articles in Yediot Aharonot, Yisrael Hayom and Globes, respectively.]